First UK-China Train Today, Whiskey On Board, To Pass Through 7 Nations

First UK-China Train Today, Whiskey On Board, To Pass Through 7 Nations

The first rail freight service from the UK to China will depart on a 7,500-mile journey from Essex today. 30 containers will carry British goods including whiskey, soft drinks, vitamins and
pharmaceuticals, the BBC reported. The train will travel over 7,500 miles to reach Yiwu, a famed wholesale market town in the eastern province(प्रांत) of Zhejiang, 17 days later.  The train will pass through seven countries -  France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan  - before arriving on April 27. The service is part of China's One Belt, One Road programme of reviving the ancient Silk Road trading routes(मार्ग) with the West dating back more than 2,000 years.

The first rail freight service in the opposite direction, from China to the UK, arrived three months ago. 

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron raised some eyebrows with allies by pitching Britain as the pre-eminent gateway to the West for investment from China and proposing to make London the main international trading centre for offshore Yuan.

Prime Minister Theresa May has said the relationship with China remains "golden" as she seeks to bring in billions of dollars in Chinese investment as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.

longest train route in the Indian Subcontinent.

Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express

Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express. This weekly train, numbered 15905/15906, is currently the longest train route in the Indian Subcontinent.

The world's longest run without changing trains

The world's longest run without changing trains is one of 10,214 km (6,346 miles) from Moscow, Russia to Pyongyang in North Korea. One train a week makes the journey by this route, which includes sections of the famous Trans-Siberian line. It is scheduled to take 7 days 20 hours 25 minutes.

Longest passenger train in world  

Sweden – 17 coaches (26.7 m each plus two Rc locomotives at 15.4 m) – 484 m between Stockholm and Luleå. Sometimes charter trains are longer than that, e.g. 22 coaches, 530 m on 24–25 February 2012. United States — Auto Train between Lorton, Virginia, and Sanford, Florida — up to 50 cars.

The US has the largest railway system in the world

The US has the largest railway system in the world - about 240,000 km connecting 48 continental states. That is enough track to circle the Earth five times. Russia (154,000 km) and Canada (72,961 km) follow. India comes fifth with 62,658 km of railroad after Canada and China.Jan 16, 2005.

Silk Road

Fun facts about the Silk Road
It was over 4,000 miles long.
Marco Polo traveled to China along the Silk Road.
Not all that was traded along the Silk Road was good. ...
Very few merchants traveled along the entire route. ...
There wasn't just one route, but many routes.
The Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea.
Where does the silk road start and end?

The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Mediterranean. Because China silk comprised a large proportion of the trade along this ancient road, in 1877, it was named the 'Silk Road' by Ferdinand von Richthofen, an eminent German geographer.